IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of another: therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause; and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree. Literary and professional works - Side 189af Francis Bacon - 1864Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| James Kent - 1854 - 684 sider
...Law, regula 1 ) gives this sound reason for the maxim, that " it were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...therefore, it contenteth itself with the immediate cause." The French codes and jurists, in a case of mere accident by collision, without the fault of either... | |
| Great Britain. Courts - 1854 - 1124 sider
...unwillingness to proceed to Peru, the loss cannot be attributed to it. " It were infinite," says Lord Bacon, " for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one on another; therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without... | |
| David Dobie - 1856 - 338 sider
...dabit remedium. There is no wrong in law without a remedy. 19. It were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes and their impulsions, one of...cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking further. 20. The act of God injures no man. 21. The law does not seek to compel a man to do that which... | |
| James Kent - 1858 - 728 sider
...Law, regula 1) gives this sound reason for the maxim, that "it were infinite for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...therefore, it contenteth itself with the immediate cause." The French codes and jurists, in a case of mere accident by collision, without the fault of either... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 628 sider
...conceits of others. THE MAXIMS OF THE LAW. REGULA I. /n jur' rum rcmota cauta, ted proxima tpeciatur. IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of...it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and jndgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree. < H i DT ^* '^ an annuity be granted... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1860 - 716 sider
...The rules would become so numerous, complex and uncertain, as to be impracticable. Lord Bacon says: " It were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsion on one another. Therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts... | |
| Sir Joseph Arnould - 1866 - 598 sider
...immediate producing cause of the loss. " It were infinite," says Lord Bacon, " for the law to consider the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of...it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judge th of acts by that, without looking to any further degree." The general maxim thus explained,... | |
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